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boombox

UK/ˈbuːm.bɒks/US/ˈbum.bɑks/

boombox noun: a powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.

boombox: a powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound
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Noun

boombox (plural boomboxes)

  1. A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.
    • Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.2013, Joseph O'Connor, Where Have You Been?, page 271

boombox meaning in Indonesian and Thai

boombox in Indonesian

portable audio system
boombox

boombox in Thai

portable audio system
บูมบอกซ์ boom-bòk

Synonyms of boombox

Forms of boombox

pluralboomboxes
alternative formboom box

Words formed from boombox

Questions about boombox

What does boombox mean?
Boombox means a powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.
What is boombox in Indonesian?
Boombox in Indonesian is boombox. See Boombox meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is boombox?
Boombox is a noun.
How do you pronounce boombox?
Boombox is pronounced /ˈbum.bɑks/ (US).
What is the plural of boombox?
The plural of boombox is boomboxes.

Words near boombox in the dictionary

  1. Boomahnoomoonah
  2. boomaler
  3. boomalers
  4. Boomanoomana
  5. boombayah
  6. boombox
  7. boomboxes
  8. boomburb
  9. boomburbs
  10. boomcar
  11. boomcars

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